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If small horses end up going cheap, all the better
for those of us who *want* small horses. :)))

Mine have been getting smaller each time I get one.
The latest purchase is a Section B welsh pony who's
currently (at 16 months old) 11:2 . He should mature
to between 13 hh and 13:2 hh, which will be excellent,
size-wise.

My new arab is also smaller than the older pones - I'm
guessing he's not more than 14:1. Between him and the
pony, the others all look *massive* to my eye now, almost
scarily so (I'm 5'2").

Having short horses means no ducking under branches, easy to
get on and off, and they fit in small trailers, etc...

But as someone else pointed out, it's not so much the
physical height as how they carry themselves. Of my older
horses, the "shorter one" who's 14:2/14:3 feels way taller
once you get on than the other two who are both ~15 hh.
He's got a long neck and a long back and is very forward,
so he just feels bigger.


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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull
elsietee AT foothill DOT net
Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, California
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